The Holt Shield

The Holt Shield The Holt Shield is an Inter-club competition for 6+ handicap golfers in the Greater Belfast Area. This page provides information for participating clubs.

The Holt Shield was founded in 1963 at a meeting in
Belvoir Park G.C. Belfast, N.Ireland. It celebrated it's 50th Anniversary in 2013. There were 36 competing clubs and the winners were Carrick Golf Club. Welcome to the Holt Shield page. This is for all Team Captains and players to post relevant information and interesting stories from matches. We hope that it is used to give a faster and

more efficient results service as well as dates and times of matches. Abuse of this site will not be tolerated and any individual that is seen behaving in a manner that is deemed inappropriate will be removed and their name passed to the relevant golf club.

Congratulations to Dunmurry Golf Club. Holt Shield Winners 2022. After gaining a 3-2 away victory in the first leg at Be...
19/09/2022

Congratulations to Dunmurry Golf Club. Holt Shield Winners 2022. After gaining a 3-2 away victory in the first leg at Belvoir Park Golf Club, Dunmurry secured their first Holt Shield crown since 1984, once again winning by a 3-2 score line. Commiserations to runners up Belvoir on what was a hard fought final, played in a tremendous spirit, highlighting the ethos of the Holt Shield.

Congratulations to Cairndhu Golf Club who have won the 2021 edition of the Holt Shield.After leading 3.5/1.5 from the ho...
12/09/2021

Congratulations to Cairndhu Golf Club who have won the 2021 edition of the Holt Shield.
After leading 3.5/1.5 from the home leg they travelled to Bangor Golf Club and won the two matches they required for victory.
Commiserations to Bangor Golf Club on a hard fought final.

29/08/2021

HOLT SHIELD FINAL 2021
Cairndhu v Bangor
The final will be played in the traditional manor of 5 man teams over two legs.
First leg at Cairndhu
Second leg at Bangor
Dates to be confirmed.

Congratulations to both teams.

Many thanks to all the clubs involved in this year’s competition and their Team Captains and players for all their support particularly with the change in format.
We hope to see you all again next year.

17/08/2021

The semi final line up is now complete.
Carnalea v Cairndhu
Edenmore v Bangor
Ties to be played by Monday 30th August
Good luck to all the teams involved.

01/08/2021

Last 16 matches have been completed.
Quarter Final draw as follows
Carnalea v Malone
Cairndhu v Scrabo
Lisburn v Edenmore
Carrick v Bangor

All ties to be completed by Monday 16th August
Good luck to all teams involved.

The Holt Shield Team Captain’s Day was held today at Scrabo Golf Club. Winner of the George Stuart Memorial Shield was R...
30/07/2021

The Holt Shield Team Captain’s Day was held today at Scrabo Golf Club. Winner of the George Stuart Memorial Shield was Robert Brown from the host club with a score of 36pts winning on the back 9 from Chairman Ian McNaught. Brett Borkowski was third also on 36pts.
Scrabo President Sam Morrow won the visitor’s prize also with a score of 36pts.
Many thanks to Scrabo Golf Club for hosting this year’s event. Everyone had a great day and the course was in superb condition.

12/07/2021

Hi folks
The draw for the last 16 stage of Holt Shield has been made. All ties to be completed on or before Monday 2nd August.
The format remains the same as this year’s group stages with 3 matches at each venue, preferably played on same day.
In the event of a 3-3 result the team named second in the tie hosts the play off hole. The 3rd player at that venue will contest play-off regardless of this individual match result.

1. Carnalea v 16 Donaghadee
8. Malone v 9 Rockmount
4. Cairndhu v 13 Belvoir
5. Scrabo v 12 City of Belfast
2. Ballyclare v 15 Lisburn
7. Dunmurry v 10. Edenmore
3. Whitehead v 14. Carrick
6. Bangor v 11. Ormeau

Good luck to all teams involved.

05/05/2021

Committee meeting held on Tuesday evening and this year’s Holt Shield will take place under a revised format. Website will be updated in the forthcoming days with the full details of the temporary rules for this year’s competition. Great to be back!

17/03/2020

URGENT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE CONCERNING THE HOLT SHIELD.

IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THE HOLT SHIELD COMMITTEE ARE CONTINUALLY REVIEWING THE ONGOING SITUATION AND ADVISE THAT NO MATCHES SHOULD TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE END OF MARCH. THIS WILL ALLOW TIME TO ASSESS AND MONITOR THE IMPACT THE PANDEMIC IS HAVING AND ALLOW US TO MAKE FURTHER DECISIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WE WILL GIVE FURTHER UPDATES AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT

04/02/2020

Here’s the draw for the group stages of the Holt Shield for 2020!
Group 1
Carnalea, Clandeboye, City of Belfast, Galgorm
Group 2
Dunmurry, Greenacres, Holywood, Ormeau
Group 3
Carrick, Greenisland, Ballyclare, Larne
Group 4
Cairndhu, Massereene, Balmoral, Rockmount
Group 5
Bangor, Belvoir, Knock, Blackwood
Group 6
Donaghadee, Kirkistown, Whitehead, Hilton
Group 7
Ballymena (Holders), Malone, Scrabo, Cliftonville
Group 8
Shandon, Royal Belfast, Edenmore, Lisburn

Group fixtures will be posted on the Holt Shield website in due course.
Please try to adhere to order and dates of fixtures.
Group matches MUST be completed by Monday 29th June 2020.

Good luck to all teams.

02/02/2020

For all those patiently waiting for the Holt Shield 2020 group draw, we are just waiting for a few stragglers to pay the entry fee but all 32 clubs have been confirmed. Draw will be released on website and social media this coming week.

01/01/2020

Attention! All Team Captains!
The Holt Shield AGM will take place at Dunmurry Golf Club on Tuesday 14th January 2020 at 7.30pm
If you are unable to attend a club representative may attend in your place. Emails have been sent to your clubs with further information.
Look forward to seeing you all there.

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